Slow Cooker Italian Vegetable Soup with White Beans

Minestrone-style soups never disappoint. Try this one, with plenty of pasta, creamy cannellini beans, vegetables, and a dollop of prepared pesto.

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ingredients 8
Prep Time 5 min
Total Time 9 hr 25 min

Ingredients

2: (19-oz.) cans cannellini beans, drained

1: (1-lb.) pkg. Green Giant® Frozen Mixed Vegetables

1: (14.5-oz.) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano, undrained

1: (12-oz.) bottle vegetable juice cocktail

1/2: teaspoon salt

1: cup water

1 1/2: oz. (1/2 cup) uncooked penne or mostaccioli (tube-shaped pasta)

1/4: cup purchased pesto

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Directions

1 In 3 to 4-quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients except penne and pesto; mix well.
2 Cover; cook on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.
3 About 20 minutes before serving, stir penne into soup. Increase heat setting to High; cover and cook an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until penne is tender.
4 To serve, top individual servings with 2 teaspoons pesto.

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Expert Tips

Acidic ingredients such as tomatoes and vegetable juice keep vegetables from softening too much during all-day simmering. A garnish of bright green pesto freshens each serving of long-cooked soup.

Great northern beans can be used in place of the cannellini beans. The can sizes will vary but, in this soup, those differences won't matter.

Don't be fooled into adding more pasta; 1/2 cup looks skimpy when you stir it in, but as it cooks it swells into the right proportion for the soup.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 1/3 Cups

Calories: 330
Calories from Fat: 65),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 1g, 1% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 1010mg; 1010%;
Total Carbohydrate: 62g; 62%
(Dietary Fiber 16g 16% Sugars 8g 8% ),
Protein: 21g; 21%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 88%;
Vitamin C: 26%;
Calcium: 14%;
Iron: 38%;

Exchanges:

2 1/2 Starch; 1 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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secondseal

report Posted Dec. 27, 2009 8:33 PM

i tripled the recipe for a bunch of vegetarians that came to watch the ball game, used 6-15.5 oz cans of any combo of beans you want (i used red, white and black), and half drained them. i put about 8 oz of small elbows, but you have to love noodles, 8 oz makes a LOT. i served with good bread and various spices and hot sauces...it was great.